ἐριῶπις

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ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → either say something better than silence or keep silence (Menander)

Source

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἐριῶπις: ιδος ἡ большеглазая (κούρη Hom.).

Greek Monolingual

ἐριώπης, ὁ, (θηλ. ἐριῶπις) (Α)
αυτός που έχει μεγάλα, ωραία μάτια.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < επιτ. μόριο ερι- + -ωπης (< ωψ «οφθαλμός» που απαντά μόνο ως β’ συνθετικό
πρβλ. ελίκωψ, μύωψ + κατάλ. -ης)].